Tobacco pipe



March 25, 1924. y 1,488,088

R. T. WRIGHT TOBACCO PIPE Filed Dec. i2. 1921 Patented Mar. Z5, 1924.

ROLAND T. WRIGHT, OF ST. LOUS, MISSORI, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO JOHN H.

BUNCHER, or s'r.

LOUIS, MIssoUnI.

TOBACCO PPE.

Application filed December To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ROLAND T. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tobacco Pipes, of which the following is a specification.

My'invention relates to tobacco pipes, and, more particularly the type wherethe bowl is formed of two like sections, and, is a distinct and practical improvement to overcome certain important practical objections to, and detects in, the tobacco pipe disclosed in my U. S. patent application bearing Serial Number 364,329.

The invention has for its object to provide the pipe bowl with a concealed hinge for uniting the two halves thereof and to permit the halves to be separated when removing the tobacco bowl therefrom'.

A further object of the invention is to provide the pipe bowl halves with means for supporting a removable tobacco bowl in a suspended Vposition within the pipe bowl so it cannot be displaced when the pipe bowl halves are united.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pipe bowl which is die cast from aluminum so as to be light and cheaply made, easily and quickly assembled, strong and durable.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and iinally pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this specification, wherein like characters of reference denote similar parts throughout the several views:

Fig. 1, is a view showing one of the pipe bowl sections with the stem and tobacco bowl attached thereto in accordance with my present invention.

Fig. 2, is a horizontal sectional view of the pipe bowl, showing both pipe bowl sections united.

Fig. 3, is a transverse sectional view of the pipe bowl.

Fig. 4, is a front elevation oit' the pipe, showing the pipe bowl sections as separated excepting at the hinge end of the bowl.

1n carrying out the aim of my present invention, I employ two like'pipe bowl sec- 12, 1921. serial No. 521,676.

tions, or halves A and B which are provided with the integral stem sections a and Z), respectively. The free end of each stem section t and b are reduced, as at l, to form the stop shoulder 2. These two pipe bowl halves are made from aluminum so as to be light and at the saine time strong, owing to beingI made from metal.

The two pipe bowl sections A and B are united at their lower end by means of a suitable hinge member 8. This hinge member 3 is suitably curved downward and is fixed or anchored at one end to the lower wall of the bowl section A. The member 3 extends outwardly and downwardly1 from the fiat aceof the bowl member A and is receivable in a curved recess, or opening 4 in the lower wall of the bowl section B. When the bowl sections A and B are closed the hinge is concealed. Then the removable pipe stem 5 having the socket 6 is slipped over the reduced end of the bowl stem sections a and b, the two pipe bowl sections are firmly held together without any gap between the flat faces thereof. The hinge member 3 being curved and being receivable in the curved socket 4, prevents the lower end of the pipe bowl from separating when closed. The two halves A and B are easily separated by merely removing the pipe stem 5 and pulling the two bowl halves apart, as is manifest.

The pipe bowl sections A and B are each provided with a cavity 7 which communicates with the smokeV passage 8 of the stem sections a; and b.

The upper end of pipe bowl cavity 7 is provided with two spacedV inwardly directed anges 9 and 10 to form a channel 11 therebetween.

12 indicates a suitable open top tobacco bowl having a plurality of smoke passages 13 in the lower closed end thereof. lThe upper edge of the tobacco bowl 12 is provided with an outwardly directed flange 14. The bowl 12 is receivable in the cavity 7 of the pipe bowl sections and is held in a suspended position within the pipe bowl by means of the flange 14 being receivable in the recess or channels 11 of the bowl sections A and B when closed. The flange 10 prevents displacement of the bowl 12 outwardly or upwardly and the ange 9 prevents displacement of the bowl 12 inwardly or downwardly into the cavity of the pipe bowl.

The pipe bowl section A including the bowl stem ct thereof are provided in their flat inner faces with the grooves 15. rlhe pipe bowl section B including the stem section b, are provided in their flat inner faces with the tongues 16 which are receivable in the grooves 15 of the bowl and stem sections A and a, respectively. A suitable packing 17 is carried in the bottom of the grooves to seal the tongue and groove connections, as is manifest, when the bowl sections A and B are in their closed position.

18 represents a removable annular ring like crown member which is mounted upon the upper edge of the pipe bowl when the bowl sections are closed to assist in holding bowl sections closed and to serve as an ornamental crown. The ring is not necessarily required to help hold the bowl sections together as the hinge member and pipe stem serve this function without the ring.

It is evident from the foregoing description that l provide a tobacco pipe which is simple in construction and consisting of a number of arts which may be readily disassembled ildr thoroughly cleansing the several parts constituting the pipe;

The many advantages of the herein described invention will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art to which it apperta-ins.

l do not wish to be understood as having limited myself to the details of construction shown and described, but desire to have it understood that the invention l have shown in the drawings is merely illustrative, as it is manifest that various minor changes may be made in the exact construction and particular arrangement of parts without departing from the spiritot my invention, hence l reserve the right to make any such changes or modifications as may fairly fall within the scope ot the appended claims when fairly construed.

What l claim is:

1. In combination with a pipe bowl formed from two halves having a tongue and groove connection, of a concealed connection at the bottom of the bowl sections for hingedly uniting them and holding the bottom of the bowl sections from separatin when in their closed position and permit of complete separation thereof when the bowl sections are opened.

2. In combination with a pipe bowl formed from two halves having a tongue and groove connection, said bowl sections having a pair of spaced internal flanges to form an annular channel communicating with the bowl cavity, a tobacco bowl having a flange receivable in the annular channel for suspendingthe tobacco bowl within the pipe bowl cavity, and means for holding the bowl sections in their closed position after the tobacco bowl has been positioned within the pipe bowl.'

8. A tobacco pipe comprising a pipe bowl consisting of two like bowl sections including bowl stem sections forming a cavity, tongue and groove connections therebetween, one oi' said bowl sections having a socket formed in the lower portion thereof, a hinge member anchored in the body of the other bowl section having a curved section extending from the bowl which is receivable in the socket of first mentioned bowl section to act as a hinge and also prevent spreading of the bowl sections when they are in their closed positions, a pipe stem having a socket at one ed for the reception of the free end ot the bowl stem sections to further hold the bowl sections from spreading while inl their closed position, and a tobacco bowl suspended in the bowl cavity 'from a point near the upper edge of the pipe bowl. Y

4C. ln combination with a removable pipe stem having a smoke passage and a socket formed at one end thereof, a pipe bowl comprising; halves eachV provided with a cavity, a bowl stem sectionhaving a smoke passage communicating with lthe bowl cavity, tongue and groove connection between the pipe bowl halves, a reduced bowl stem *section receivable in the socket of the removable pipe stem, a downwardly curved hinge member anchored at one end in the body of one of the bowl halves, the other of said bowl halves having a curved Vsocket in the 'body thereof for receiving the curved end of the hinge member for uniting the` bowl member at the bottom of the bowl when the bowl members are in their closed position to prevent separation thereof, an annular groove formed in the upper end of the pipe bowl when closed, and a tobacco bowl having a lange at its upper end receivable in the annular groove of the pipe bowl tor supporting the tobacco bowl in a suspended position within the cavity of the pipe bowl..

In test1 signed my name to the speciiication.

ROLAND T. WRlGl-l'l.

mony whereof, l have hereunto 

